Getting Ready for an Academic Career: Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Conference Handouts

Conference Agenda (.pdf)

Plenary Panel: Life After the Ph.D.: Adjusting to a New Institutional Context

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Sessions listed in alphabetical order. All links lead to .pdf files.

Academic Job Search Strategies for International Students

• The Academic Job Search for International Graduate Students
• Presentation Slides

Developing Your Teaching Philosophy

• Presentation Slides
• Components of a Statement of Teaching Philosophy
• Example Teaching Philosophy 1
• Example Teaching Philosophy 2
• Rubric
• Voting Sheet
• Princeton: Writing a Meaningful Statement of Teacing Philosophy
• Teaching Goals Inventory
• Getting Started on Your Teaching Philosophy

Dual Career Issues and Faculty Worklife Balance

• Tips for the Dual Career Job Search
• Dual Career Couples: Before, During, and After the Job Search
• UM Provost's Office, A Guide for Prospective or New Faculty Members and Their Partners
• Dual-Career Academic Couples: What Universities Need to Know

Hit the Ground Running With Your Academic Career

• Hit the Ground Running with Your Academic Career Power Point
• Workshop Activities

Interviewing for the Academy

• Interview for the Academy Power Point
• Interviewing Resources

Navigating a Challenging Academic Job Market

• Building a Professional Community through Networking
• Informational Interviewing
• Building a Professional Community through Information Interviewing: You take the lead
• Building a Professional Community - Making a Plan
• Navigating a Challenging Academic Job Market Power Point

Negotiating an Academic Job Offer in Science, Technology, Math, and Engineering Fields

• Strategies/Tips

Negotiating an Academic Job Offer in the Humanities and Social Sciences

• Strategies/Tips

Starting and Running a Research Lab

• Starting and Running a Research Lab: General Principles and Further Resources

The Tenure-Track Process and Faculty Worklife

• The Tenure-Track Process and Faculty Worklife Power Point
• About The Carnegie Classifications
• Carnegie Basic Classification
• The Work Time of Professionals
• EMU Evaluation Criteria and Procedures
• Oberlin College Faculty Guide

What’s It Like To Be an Academic Administrator?

• What's It Like official webpage
• Agenda from session
• Expanding Your Options: Pursuing Jobs in Academic Administration

What’s It Like To Have a STEM Career in Different Types of Universities?

• What's It Like official webpage
• Agenda from session

Questions? Please contact pff-conf-2012@umich.edu.

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